HR Operations Project Manager

Your opportunity
 

Ekaterra is currently being set up as a standalone organisation. This means we are on an exciting journey to ensure we have a fully operational People & Organisation (HR) team who can act independent from Unilever and provide excellent employee experiences. This role will focus on setting up our own end-to-end global HR operations to deliver excellent services to our ekaterra employees across the globe. We are therefore looking for a strong, independent, pro-active, project manager to work with the HR director and the various global and local HR teams in making this ambitious project happen.

Are you a champion in planning, great at quickly establishing effective and strong relations, able to translate ambitions into actions? Do you get energy from working in a highly dynamic environment, with short deadlines and ambitious objectives? Then this might be a great role for you!

Your Key Tasks
Reporting to the Employee Experience Lead (HR director) you will lead the project management of setting up our own HR services operations over the next months.

• Create and own overall project planning and sub-activities
• Connect with all the relevant ekaterra and Unilever (cross-functional) stakeholders as well as the local ekaterra HR teams to find the best approach for any challenge together and to ensure progress
• Support resolution of cross-functional issues at global and local level, escalating risks/decisions to global teams as necessary
• Support the local countries with any questions or concerns they raise and bring these to the attention of the relevant function experts.
• Support in building all relevant documents for our standalone service teams (Process flows, work instructions, training materials)
• Lead the change management and communication around this transition within ekaterra

The qualities we look for in you:
Ekaterra is made up of a special blend of individuals which make our teams exciting and diverse. To be part of our blend we are looking for individuals who think Green and are environmentally conscious, who understand the power of simplicity and who are accountable for their actions. We want those who infuse mastery and passion in everything they do to create great products and unforgettable experiences for our consumers.

Skills and Experience

• Driven, pro-active, agile, resilient, and fun to work with
• Always finds the best approach balancing the interests of the business, the employees, and your HR colleagues
• Supportive towards colleagues, firm when you need to hold others accountable
• Solution oriented, doesn’t give up when facing a challenge and can be creative and agile in finding ways to get things done
• Goal-oriented with ability to prioritize on a consistent basis in an evolving work environment
• Proven ability to build cross-functional relationships and partner with various stakeholders to deliver solutions that are aligned to strategy, support business objectives, and meet all legal requirements
• Analytically strong, quick to understand causes and effects, loves a bit of pressure and working in a very dynamic environment
• Experience with driving transformations and change management
• 3+ year experience as project and/or team manager in the area of HR operations
• Familiar with creating process flows balancing practical, efficient ways of working with delivering excellent employee experiences
• Loves to work in a global team in an international organisation
• Fluent in English
• Workday experience is a plus

Who we are looking for:

• A motivated individual enthusiastic about continuous improvement and excited by the opportunity to establish a new standalone organisation
• A strong communicator able to build and maintain relationships
• An adaptable skillset and the ability to manage multiple moving parts and change focus quickly when required
• A fast learner able to adapt and deliver quickly in a new environment